Bibliographic Survey of Indian Manuscript Catalogues

Author(s): Subhash C Bishwas, M K Prajapati
Publisher: Eastern Book Linkers

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Catalogue of Ceylonese manuscripts / by C.E. Godakumbura. 1980. - Ixvii, 321 p. ; 53 plates. 45 Pali, 26 Pali - Sinhalese, 14 Sanskrit - Sinhalese and 70 Elu - Sinhalese and 5 Sanskrit mss. Introduction on the history of writing in Ceylon. Catalogue of Cambodian and Burmese Pali manuscripts / by C.E. Godakumbura; assisted by U Tin Lwin; with contributions by Heinz Bechert and Heinz Braun. 1983. xxi, 153 p; 12 plates. - 44 Pali mss. in Cambodian or Khmer script and 66 Pali and bilingual Pali -Burmese mss. written in Burmese script. Supplement; Pali mss. from Sri Lanka. Catalogues des manuscrits en Pali, Laotien et Siamois Provenant de la Thailande / par George Coedes. 1966. x, 116 p. 23 Pali, 82 Laotien and 10 Siam mss. Catalogue of Mongol books, manuscripts and xylographs / by Walther Heissing; assisted by Charles Bawden. 1971. li, 305 p. 560 Mongol mss. Introduction also provides a brief survey of all other known collections of Mongolian literature outside Russia and Mongolia. Catalogue of Indonesian manuscripts Pt.1:Batak manuscripts / by P. Voorhoeve; with a contribution by Carl Schuster. - 1975. 255 p.; 29 plates. 86 Batak mss. Introduction: Comparative observations on some typical designs in Batak mss. / by Carl Schuster. Old Javanese Charters. Javanese, Malay and Lanpung manuscripts Mads Lange's Balinese letters and official letters in Indonesian languages / by F.H. van Naerssen, Th. G. Th. Pigeaud and P. Voorhoeve. 1977. 179 p.; 44 plates. Contents: Old Javanese Charters / ed. and tr. by F.H. van Naerssen (p. 51-64). Javano-Balinese and Javanese Palm-leaf mss. / by Th. G. Th. Pigeaud (p. 81-124) Malay - Lampung mss. / P. Voorhoeve (p. 125-146). Mads Lang's Malay and Balinese letters / ed. and tr. by P. Voorhoeve (p. 147-155). Official letter in Indonesian languages / ed. by P. Voorhoeve (p. 157-161). [More volumes are to be published] Detailed description of Oriental mss. (i.e. Pali, Sinhalese, Indonesian, Burmese, Mongol etc.) with extracts and notes. Each volume contains exhaustive introduction and indices. The catalogue replaces the Oriental Catalogue which the Royal Library
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